Tag: Psychology

  • Behavior designers weigh how to create better mobile experiences

    Behavior designers weigh how to create better mobile experiences | VentureBeat. Related articles ‘Behavior engineering’ may help you build a more addicting product (venturebeat.com)

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  • Business linguistics: how to choose words which persuade

    The Psychology of Language: Why Are Some Words More Persuasive Than Others? Leo Widrich, lifehacker.com What’s actually going on in the brain when it processes language? And if words affect the mind in different ways, are some more persuasive than others? Buffer cofounder Leo Widrich dives into what the research has to say about this…

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  • Career success for introverted makers

    How to Use Introversion for Career and Personal Success Alice Boyes, lifehacker.com Introversion isn’t a flaw. In fact, introverts are powerful players in work and home life. Here, psychologist Alice Boyes shares how to use your natural personality traits towards success.Develop a Positive Overall View of Your Temperament … How to Use Introversion for Career…

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  • Cultural intelligence and why IQ tests are still irrelevant

    IQ tests ‘do not reflect intelligence’ By Nick Collins, Science Correspondent, telegraph.co.uk IQ tests are misleading because they do not accurately reflect intelligence, according to a study which found that a minimum of three different exams are needed to measure someone’s brainpower. For more than a cen­tu­ry our intel­li­gence quo­ti… RT @TelegraphSci: IQ tests ‘do…

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  • Creativity and social science critical to reform government gridlock

    Innovating Policy with Creativity and Social Sciences core77.com Today’s glob­al finan­cial and social crises demand inno­va­tion not only in pub­lic ser­vices, but with­in the whole bureau­crat­ic, admin­is­tra­tive sys­tem of pub­lic gov­er­nance. In order to respond effec­tive­ly to a chang­ing con­text of… RT @core77: Innovating Policy with Creativity and Social Sciences – Paper by @Nesta_UK &…

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  • Sokanu uses science to find out what you’re good at

    Sokanu Says Science Can Help You Find Your Dream Job Eric Johnson, allthingsd.com Why do you work where you do and are you happy there? If the answer is “no” for the sec­ond ques­tion, Spencer Thomp­son has a new answer for the first. Thomp­son, 21, is the CEO of Vancouver-based Sokanu, which offi­cial­ly launch­es this…

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  • Gillian Tett, managing editor at FT, considers the cultural side of finance

    A social anthropologist who writes about finance for FT.. Gillian Tett – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Related articles FT pin-up Gillian Tett is the hot ticket (standard.co.uk) Davos Needs Some Creative Intelligence (creativeintelligencebook.com) Peter Lauria Says That Gillian Tett Is Now a Celebrity… (delong.typepad.com) What is organisational culture? Ask an anthropologist. (flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com) Leeds Building Society…

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  • MIT Media Lab: Reality Mining

    MIT Media Lab: Reality Mining This new center, part of the MIT Human Dynamics group, studies the ways we can use millions of sensors in portable devices already in common use to actually measure human behavior in real time. So, the end of psychology, the beginning of digital anthropology. Related articles Social Robots May Gain…

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  • Comparison of Internet forum software

    Comparison of Internet forum software – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Related articles Want Good Feedback? Ask Good Survey Questions (blogs.constantcontact.com) Zendesk Makes Great Customer Support Easy (rackspace.com) Salesforce.com announces private customer communities, aims for Social Business leadership (customerthink.com) The Cloud Is Here With Plenty of Growth Coming [Slides] (blogs.sap.com) HootSuite, Get Satisfaction Tighten Integration (informationweek.com)…

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  • Evolutionary curveball for curvy

    Evolutionary curveball for curvy? – The Boston Globe. Current issue of Current Anthropology links body shape, assertiveness and economic viability in recession. Related articles Evolutionary Psychology Primer (thisismyphd.wordpress.com) Are there universals in human behavior? (psychologytoday.com) Evolution and the mind: An author’s response (salon.com)

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  • UT Knoxville | Industrial and Information Engineering

    UT Knoxville | Industrial and Information Engineering. This program shows how industrial engineering and information engineering including Human factors specialization is very similar to information systems and computer science but a bit more focused on the interaction of people and environment and including Related articles Search Engine Optimisation – Further Information (firstdigital.co.nz) Was Steve Jobs…

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